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England (Italy, India)
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Letter by E. M. Forster to Cavafy, 14/9/1929. Handwritten letter (and envelope) by E. M. Forster to Cavafy on a letterheaded paper of the Luna Park hotel, Cairo. Cavafy Archive, Onassis Foundation © 2016-2018 cavafy.onassis.org/object/fo… @CCavafy @EM_Forster @forster2020 @OnassisUSA
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CFP for #reorientatingEMForster, a conference at his alma mater, King's College Cambridge, April 2020. If you study @EM_Forster and/or his legacies, then you should consider submitting an abstract and joining us next year! Only connect...
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EM Forster died #OTD in 1970. He was brought up in the #Hertfordshire town of #Stevenage Read about my walk through Forster country. @forster2020 @EM_Forster @StevenageMuseum wp.me/p8uD3d-tq
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Memorial to @EM_Forster close to his childhood home in #Stevenage #Hertfordshire @StevenageMuseum @VisitHertsUK
“True and lovable would be my antithesis.” —E. M. Forster theparisreview.org/interview…
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New musical of @EM_Forster's "Where Angels Fear to Tread" through 10/1!angelsmusical.com #theatre #literature #NewMusic #NewMusicAlert
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"Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon" E.M.Forster
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Expansion. That is the idea the novelist must cling to. Not completion. Not rounding off, but opening out. E.M. Forster #writing #novels
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How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?
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Howards End review – sumptuous heritage cinema with real passion d.gu.com/PZ752n
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To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.
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One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
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Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.
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Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
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Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.
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"Mother doesn't like me playing Beethoven. She says I'm always peevish afterward". #EM_Forster @EM_Forster @BFI xitter.cf/BFI/status/63357024571…
Helena Bonham Carter will be introducing a screening of A Room with a View at @britishmuseum! theb.fi/1WBjGHU
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The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to be ashamed of herself.
'I am studying Dante' sounds much more than 'I am reading Dante'. It is really much less. Study is only a serious form of gossip.
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